Not sure where to start...

So much has happened since my last post, I don't know where to start...

I am tempted to rant about things I've been through but it seems more cathartic and more healing to just tell it like it happened. I need to reach a place where I can just deal with the things I must deal with and not let it get me down.

I have always been determined to do "the right thing." But I've certainly had my share of misconceptions about how to go about it, and I've made some truly massive mistakes along the way. Did I ever say otherwise? Whack me if I did...

Flew out for divorce trial. Lots of lies and vindictiveness. 2 days in jail (the other side asked for 4 months). Way more than I can afford in payments.

Through it all I thought about my teenagers and how could I finish the job of trying to teach them to take responsibility for their actions. Someone else is making every effort to teach them how to avoid taking responsibility by playing the victim role. More on that later.

I will not give up. I will not back down. I will not bow my head to systematic misrepresentation. Lies told often enough are accepted as the truth, Himmler said. Lies told cleverly enough make the person who objects seem to be the bad guy. I refuse to give up. The story must be told.

Life hangs precariously. Some things which were hanging over my head are out in the open and I just need to remind myself not to worry about them. Other problems loom large in front of me. Have faith and remember, we never get a test we can't pass but sometimes we have to let go of excess baggage. Mine has usually come in the form of wishful thinking.

Ideas are powerful, more powerful than money, more powerful than governments and courts and armies. I have ideas, and they are positive ones. The truth will prevail ultimately.